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2026-07-20 06:21 UTC · anthropic/api-pricing · live page

Minor: Updated wording for code execution billing and computer use beta system prompt token overhead.

Summary by gemma-4-12b. It may be wrong; the diff below is what actually changed. Raw: 1498a7e639-anthropic-api-pricing.diff · commit 1498a7e639

diff --git a/snapshots/anthropic/api-pricing.md b/snapshots/anthropic/api-pricing.mdindex af586a0..f2b8703 100644--- a/snapshots/anthropic/api-pricing.md+++ b/snapshots/anthropic/api-pricing.md@@ -255,6 +255,6 @@ When used without these tools, code execution is billed by execution time, track - Execution time has a minimum of 5 minutes - Each organization receives 1,550 free hours of usage per month-- Additional usage beyond 1,550 hours is billed at $0.05 per hour, per container-- If files are included in the request, execution time is billed even if the tool is not invoked, due to files being preloaded onto the container+- Additional usage beyond 1,550 hours is billed at $0.05 USD per hour, per container+- If files are included in the request, execution time is billed even if the tool is not called, because files are preloaded onto the container  Code execution usage is tracked in the response:@@ -338,5 +338,5 @@ Example token usage for typical content: Computer use follows the standard tool use pricing. When using the computer use tool: -System prompt overhead: The computer use beta adds 466-499 tokens to the system prompt+System prompt overhead: The computer use beta adds 466–499 tokens to the system prompt  Computer use tool token usage:

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